Upset-minded NC State takes on No. 1 seed UNC in ACC Tournament title game :: WRALSportsFan.com

By Brian Murphy, WRAL

North Carolina State Wolfpack	37
4North Carolina Tar Heels	36
ESPN | 1st – 01:41

Washington — Live updates from the ACC Tournament championship game where No. 10 seed NC State is taking on No. 1 seed North Carolina:

UNC takes first lead, but Burns gets going: UNC took its first lead of the game at 30-28 on two RJ Davis free throws with 4:50 remaining in the first half.

But NC State center DJ Burns scored the next seven points for the Wolfpack, including his first 3-pointer of the season as the shot clock was winding down. NC State led 35-32 with 2:39 remaining in the first half.

Burns was 0-for-4 on 3-pointers this season.

Davis delivers: North Carolina guard RJ Davis, the ACC Player of the Year, is heating up — and the Tar Heels are back in the game.

Davis has 11 points, including eight of North Carolina’s last 10 as UNC erased a 10-point NC State lead to tie it at 28 with 6:24 remaining in the first half.

Davis has three 3-pointers in the first 13:26 of the first half.

Horne scoring: NC State guard DJ Horne had nine points in the first 10 minutes of the ACC Tournament championship game on Saturday night.

The No. 10 seed Wolfpack led top-seed North Carolina 22-16 with 9:52 remaining in the first half.

Horne was 4-of-6 from the field, including 1-of-2 from 3-point range. Horne missed the first game of the tournament with a hip injury and came off the bench in the next three games. But he was back in the starting lineup for NC State on Saturday night.

Hot start: NC State made five of its first six field goal attempts, including three of four from 3-point range, and raced out to an 14-4 lead over North Carolina in the ACC Tournament title game.

Injury update: NC State guard Jayden Taylor did not start the game with an apparent left ankle injury. Taylor entered the game in the first half.

Pre-game: Tenth-seeded NC State headed to the ACC Tournament having lost four straight games.

But the Wolfpack wondered: “Why not us?” as the ACC Tournament tipped off in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Four days, four games and four wins that later, that question remains for the Wolfpack, which is seeking its first ACC Tournament title since 1987.

NC State ((21-14) notched victories over No. 15 seed Louisville, No. 7 seed Syracuse, No. 2 seed Duke and No. 3 seed Virginia to reach the final.

Waiting for NC State on Saturday: Top-seeded North Carolina.

The Tar Heels (27-6) were dominant in the regular season run and are expected to claim an No. 1 seed when the NCAA makes selections Sunday. Yet it has been eight years – 2016 – since they cut down the nets at an ACC Tournament.